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In general, there is a long-term emphasis on the support of educational facilities at universities, according to the latest trends. Above all, it is about using progressive learning forms, proven methods and also linking higher education with practice. New teaching methods are being used more and more frequently as part of education at technical universities. Many modern and more efficient methods are used. It offers students new teaching methods to make their learning more attractive and better. At this case, it ...

Nowadays new technologies influence higher education very much. They affect students? worldview and encourage the quality of the education to grow. Recently one of the educational characteristics is online resources application during the study. It makes access to knowledge much easier. This theme is very actual regarding to the digitalization of the economy. In this paper the models of online courses application in higher education are explored. They are influenced with the requirements of educational organizatio...

The article deals with issues related to the use of a universal multi-subject mapping method belonging to the technology of visualization of educational information in the preparation of bachelors. The cartographic method of teaching is characteristic in that it allows you to visualize both the geographic proper and any simulated space, to investigate, first of all, its spatial structural patterns of the structure (the form often determines the content). In the process of learning, the use of the cartographic meth...

Geography cannot be limited to simple and in brief statements in contemporary society and real life. The comprehension of reality and its different and complex aspects assumes the complexity of the geographic research. And the philosophy of construction of the educational (school) geography could not ignore that fact. At the same time, the repeating didactic problems and realities require to answer the following questions: In what is encoded the school geography significance? What are the limits of geographic know...

The article argues in favor of an integrated indicator of quality of services of higher education institutions. This indicator is calculated relying on the balanced scorecard methodological tools modified to be suited to higher education. The integrated indicator which has been developed incorporates interrelated sets of criteria used to ensure the quality of higher education services such as academic performance and research activity among students, the way in which the quality of educational services is assessed...

Development of studies on higher education in Poland and extension of opportunities for exchange of experience with other countries influenced the acceptance of the pro-quality orientation by Polish universities. Thus, analytical actions were undertaken to achieve success, namely, to provide a high-quality education service. The quality of education was defined as a level to which requirements concerning the education process and its effects including internal and external conditions were met. Internal factors are...

A new mineralogical application for mobile phones and tablets was created named MINS (Mineral Identifier for Non-Specialists). Android Studio was employed in order to implement it in Java for Android devices and is compatible with versions starting from 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). MINS is an application for macroscopic identification of the most common minerals (about 99%) that exist on the upper crust of the earth. The user has the choice of identifying a mineral or to see a list with the most common minerals. In t...

Territorial risk analysis and assessment present current problem for optimization of these processes in regions, districts and municipalities. Threat scenarios need to be evaluated together with existing vulnerabilities in territory. From crisis management point of view, preparedness (protective measures) also need to be evaluated to form complete picture. Risk mapping allows its users represents possible approach for all these elements to be evaluated together at a same time. Vulnerability and risk mapping are us...

Practice-oriented learning is the process of students mastering an educational program in order to develop their practical skills through the implementation of real practical tasks. The basis of practice-oriented learning is the optimal combination of education with applied training. The introduction of a practical-oriented approach to the educational process is determined by the need to search for adequate educational technologies - a set of tools and methods for teaching students to successfully implement the ef...

The purpose of our research is to develop and implement a long-term strategy for organizing independent work of students through the formation of students? autonomy culture in a foreign language setting. To achieve the goal set and verify the main provisions, we used the methods of theoretical and empirical research. Theoretical investigation included an analysis of pedagogical and psychological literature on the development of students' cognitive activity and learning autonomy in higher education. Empirical metho...

The paper considers the model of formation of students? environmental and legal competence; gives a comparative analysis of the three components of the environmental and legal competence: motivational and values-based, cognitive and activity-based components; identifies the four groups of students: preschoolers aged 5-6 years, primary school students aged 7-10 years, middle school students aged 11-14 years, and senior pupils aged 15-18 years.The results of the survey, testing before and after the introduction of t...

The aim of the paper is to develop communication skills on professional topics to students studying oil and gas activity. We argue that it is effective to organize the teaching by means of using professional context, developing lexical skills. In order to design a professional context we suggest role-play activities related to oil and gas theme for students; development of lexical skills is possible in both language exercises and communicative ones. Methods of research presuppose theoretical analysis of relevant l...

This article is dedicated to the peculiarities of geology development in higher educational establishments in Russia in 20-21 centuries exemplified by two Tomsk universities ? Tomsk State University and Tomsk Polytechnic University. The theme is discussed in regards to transformation of the finance system for geological practices during the transition from planned to a market economy. This transformation has led to a slack demand for some types of geological works, which further brings us to discrepancy between th...

This article is dedicated to the problem of interaction between regional geological practices and geological education in the classical university exemplified by Siberian educational entities. Turning to real geological works in classical universities can reveal new aspects of geological knowledge for historians and methodologists of geology. It is important to emphasize that regional works are fundamental for all types of geological practices. It was proved that decline in funding for regional geological works th...

The article examines the experience of using geographic information systems (GIS) in the preparation of specialists of geographers in higher education institutions of Ukraine. Educational and professional training programs for geographers at the Kherson State University are represented as a basic model. The main accent is put on differences of programs according to the existing three specialties, for which the training is carried out: 103 Earth Sciences, 106 Geography and 014.17 Secondary Education (Geography). Th...

Lots of employers expect from their employees, apart from professional competences, a team work ability and ability to effectively implement team projects. However, few high schools and faculties in their curricula provide students with knowledge on teamwork, and therefore, graduates do not have appropriate competences in this area. In the course of studies, students usually learn about advanced IT tools for specialized applications, but they are rarely taught how to use groupware. As a part of the course on Infor...

When teaching in schools, especially in vocational subjects, it is very important to attract and motivate students to work independently, not only to remember important facts, but also to develop their ability to seek new solutions independently. One of the active assistants in achieving this goal can be the active use of information technology that is close to the current young person. In addition, it is essential not only to learn new knowledge in education, but also to educate them towards an active approach to...